This plant is a subshrub which can reach 8 meters in height. It has long, narrow leaves and pale purple or white flowers.[2]

This species is in decline and its numbers have dropped since the 1990s. There are two populations left, one of which was decimated by a landslide in 2005, leaving only a few seedlings and a seed pod. The other population, containing seven individuals, may be sterile and is too far from the first population to interbreed with it.[1]